Publications by authors named "Guven Z"

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials with high photoluminescence quantum yields and a fast reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) are of the highest interest for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In the past decade, triaryl boranes with multiple resonance effect (MR) have captured significant attention. The efficiency of MR-TADF emitters strongly depends on small singlet-triplet energy gaps (ΔE), but also on large reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rate constants (k).

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Background And Aim: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) incidence has recently increased in younger individuals. With time, given the nature of the disease and available therapies, as well as the existing paucity and inconsistency of advice, worries about fertility have surfaced. With all these clear unknowns, we designed this study to raise awareness among both physicians and CML patients about whether male and female patients of childbearing age were using contraception at the time of diagnosis, and if so, which methods they were using.

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Danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are molecules that can initiate and maintain robust inflammatory responses and were investigated in the pathogenesis of graft versus host disease (GvHD). Uric acid (UA) and fibrinogen (Fib) are DAMPs released from damaged tissue during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) and GvHD. We aimed to evaluate the effects of UA and Fib levels on survival in GvHD.

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Background: Factors such as age, underlying hematological disease, chemotherapy and radiotherapy used, and bone marrow infiltration may cause mobilization failure. Several preclinical observed that diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to profound remodeling of the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche, resulting in the impaired release of HSCs. We aim to examine the effect of DM on HSC mobilization and to investigate whether there is a relationship between complications developing in the DM process and drugs used to treat DM and mobilization failure.

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  • * A retrospective analysis of 73 patients revealed that while younger age was a significant factor linked to fludarabine-induced bradycardia, the overall doses and durations of fludarabine did not show a statistically significant difference between those with and without bradycardia.
  • * It was found that discontinuation of fludarabine improved bradycardia in most cases, and the study emphasizes the importance of monitoring heart rates closely in younger patients receiving this treatment.
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Introduction: The COVID-19 vaccine is the most essential tool for altering the pandemic's trajectory. The pandemic's control is complicated by society's unwillingness to vaccinate. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess patients with hematological malignancies and their attitudes regarding COVID-19 immunization and to investigate COVID-19 anxiety in this susceptible population.

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We present facile access to an alumaborane species with electron precise Al-B σ-bond. The reductive rearrangement of 1-(AlI ), 8-(BMes ) naphthalene (Mes=2,4,6-Me C H ) affords the alumaborane species cyclo-(1,8-C H )-[1-Al(Mes)(OEt )-8-B(Mes)] with a covalent Al-B σ-bond. The Al-B σ-bond performs the reductive scission of multiple bonds: S=C(NiPrCMe) affords the naphthalene bridged motif B-S-Al(NHC), NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene, while O=CPh is deoxygenated to afford an B-O-Al bridged species with incorporation of the remaining ≡CPh fragment into the naphthalene scaffold.

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Objective: We aimed to determine the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) fear state in haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients and to examine its relationship with quality of life.

Methods: In this prospective study, 64 patients who underwent HSCT during the pandemic were included. The COVID-19 fear situation was evaluated with the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S).

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Unlabelled: Secondary hypogammaglobulinemia (SHG) is characterized by a decrease in total serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels and can lead to immunodeficiency associated with recurrent and severe infections and is a common complication of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). SHG also increases with the treatment of CLL. Ibrutinib is one of these treatments and acts by inhibiting bruton tyrosine kinase.

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  • Understanding how biomedical nanoparticles interact in biological environments is essential, as their clustering can significantly alter these interactions.
  • The research focuses on gold nanoparticles with an anionic, amphiphilic shell that spontaneously aggregate in zwitterionic lipid bilayers, driven by both short-range (ion bridging) and long-range (lipid depletion and membrane curvature) forces.
  • The findings suggest that the flexible nanoparticle shell contributes to clustering effects at the nanoscale, indicating that similarly charged particles in membranes can aggregate due to these soft interface interactions.
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Donor-acceptor cyclopropanes or cyclobutanes are dipolar reagents, which are widely used in the synthesis of complex organic (hetero)cycles in ring expansion reactions. Applying this concept to boron containing heterocycles, the four-membered borete cyclo-iPr N-BC H reacted with the carbon donor ligands 2,6-xylylisonitrile and the carbene IMes :C(NMesCH) with ring expansion and ring fusion, respectively. In particular, the tetracyclic structure formed with IMes displays zwitterionic character and absorption in the visible region.

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eltrombopag (ELT) in the treatment of thrombocytopenia following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight patients treated with ELT for thrombocytopenia after allogeneic or autologous transplantation at the Erciyes University Bone Marrow Transplantation Center between July 2017 and July 2021 were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: Forty-eight HSCT recipients were included in this study.

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Objective: Castleman disease (CD) is a rare disease also known as angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia. The two main histological subtypes are the hyaline vascular and plasma cell variants. It is further classified as unicentric CD (UCD) or multicentric CD (MCD) according to the anatomical distribution of the disease and the number of lymph nodes involved.

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Purpose: Handwriting skills are important for the academic life of children and the lack of visual-motor performance leads to writing problems in children with low vision. This study aims to reveal handwriting kinematics and pencil grip features in children with low vision by means of a novel method.

Materials And Methods: 18 children with low vision (mean age: 9.

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  • Viral infections from bacteriophages pose a serious threat to bacteria in bioreactors, affecting over 70% of biotechnology companies without reliable prevention methods.
  • A new technology using gold nanoparticles coated with specific ligands has been developed to effectively deactivate various bacteriophages while remaining safe for beneficial bacteria.
  • The nanoparticles significantly reduce phage levels in a matter of hours and work well in conditions similar to those found in bioreactors, showcasing their potential for protecting bacterial processes in biotechnology.
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We show by molecular dynamics that amphiphilic Au nanoparticles (NP) with a diameter of 4 nm generate curvature in phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes. NPs generate negative curvature when they adsorb on the membrane surface but, as they get spontaneously and progressively embedded into the membrane core, the curvature turns positive. As membrane embedding is kinetically slow, both configurations can be observed by Cryo-EM.

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Objective: Patients with solid malignancies are more vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection than the healthy population. The outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in highly immunosuppressed populations, such as in patients with hematological malignancies, is a point of interest. We aimed to analyze the symptoms, complications, intensive care unit admissions, and mortality rates of patients with hematological malignancies infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Turkey.

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Ticagrelor is believed to be a more potent and faster antiplatelet agent compared with clopidogrel and may result in lower ischemic outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome. However, the best strategy of switching from ticagrelor to clopidogrel is unclear. Current guidelines advocate clopidogrel bridging with a 600 mg loading dose (LD).

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  • Lipid membrane fusion is crucial for various biological functions, despite facing kinetic barriers even though it's thermodynamically favorable.
  • Inspired by natural proteins like SNARE, researchers have created a synthetic fusogen combining a gold nanoparticle with alkanethiol ligands that can enhance membrane fusion.
  • The study demonstrates that these nanoparticles can facilitate the membrane fusion process by forming a lipid stalk and expanding it into a fusion pore when calcium is present, which has significant implications for understanding fusion mechanisms and potential biomedical applications.
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Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), supported by high-dose chemotherapy, is the prevalent option for multiple myeloma (MM) treatment in candidates suitable for transplantation. Although granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) supported cyclophosphamide (CY) is used as the pre-ASCT mobilization regimen, there is no consensus on the optimal dosage of CY. Thus, in this study, we examined the results of 47 MM patients, who underwent ASCT after mobilization with intermediate (ID) or low-dose (LD) CY treatment supported with G-CSF.

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  • Increasing evidence indicates that amyloid polymorphism leads to various strains of amyloids with different toxicities and pathologies, but validating this is difficult due to the lack of effective diagnostic tools.
  • Researchers developed gold nanoparticles coated with 11-mercapto-1-undecanesulfonate that can effectively label amyloid fibrils from synthetic, recombinant, and native sources.
  • The use of these nanoparticles with cryogenic transmission electron microscopy reveals unique morphological features of amyloid fibrils, highlighting significant differences in fibril structure from human tissue compared to in vitro models, and supports the idea that the biological environment affects amyloid strain characteristics.
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate real-life data on patterns of hydroxyurea prescription/use in polycythemia vera (PV).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective chart review study included PV patients who had received hydroxyurea therapy for at least 2 months after PV diagnosis. Data were collected from 10 representative academic medical centers.

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  • Organelle-specific nanocarriers (NCs) are designed for targeted delivery of drugs into the cell nucleus, requiring a mechanism to pass through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs).
  • Researchers developed nuclear localization signal (NLS)-conjugated polymersome nanocarriers (NLS-NCs) and investigated how they achieve selective nuclear uptake through nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT).
  • The study found that karyopherin receptors help in the binding and transport of NLS-NCs across NPCs, with Ran guanosine triphosphate (RanGTP) facilitating their release into the nucleus, demonstrating the potential of polymersomes for effective nuclear drug delivery.
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